'The World's Most Humane Prison'

Acclaimed as ‘the world’s most humane prison’, C.F. Møller's Storstrøm sets the bar for prisons around the world. The design aims to provide inmates with an environment that can deliver new standards in achieving rehabilitation and wellbeing.

Storstrøm is Denmark’s second-largest penitentiary and is one of the most talked about projects of 2017 for its pioneering features. When it comes to imprisonment Denmark has long taken a different approach to the UK, and can claim much lower recidivism rates. Is Storstrøm the sort of prison we should and can aspire to in the UK?

The evening will be an exploration of architectural achievement and an opportunity to hear directly from architects C.F. Møller (currently also designing the LEGO headquarters) and landscape architects Marianne Levinsen Landskab about the design process and execution of this iconic project.

Following the architects' presentations, Prison Reform Trust will open the panel discussion with a short response on where the UK’s prison system is today, what reforms are needed and whether a prison like Storstrøm could become a reality in the UK.